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Homer Simpson Meets Miss Panda.
IT was a sophisticated jamboree at the Zhang Gong “Miss Panda” and Zhao Bo “Vibrant City” combined exhibition opening at Eli Klein Fine Art Thursday night. With bursts of fantastical colors and a fine selection of tasty flat breads...
The 2010 NY Armory Show Opens. Be prepared to come with High Cheek Bones.
What is it these days with all these artists and art dealers with high cheekbones? These were the this author's sentiments as he wafted through the thronged crowds that flocked the private opening to the 2010 NY Armory Show...
‘Fortoul presents’ is a blowout at Damon Dash Gallery!
This past Friday night saw the grand opening of the Damon Dash gallery and to be frank the whole experience was a blow out. Of course when I say blow out, I mean a 5 packed deep line on...
Dance, Click, Snap at the Aperture Gallery.
College conditionals all of us - bros, hipsters, alts, scenesters, nerds, et al. - that the weekend really begins on Thursday night. So what to do on a Thursday when the college days end and we're all financing our...
Winter Wickedness Event at Chelsea Art Museum.
As I walked into the Chelsea Art Museum for the Young Associates (YA) Winter Wickedness event, the first thing I noticed was not the art—it was the action.
I saw movement everywhere. People milled about, drinks in hand, and every...
KK Kozik Brings Color to Black & White For Heifer.org
Charity has been in vogue of late, and with good reason: There’s an urgent need for it. Thanks to KK Kozik, artist and altruist, (with assistance from Black & White) some help is headed for Haiti. What kind of...
First Impressions: A Night At HEIST Gallery.
Tonight was my first encounter with emerging artist Sadie Weis and gallery entrepreneur Talia Eisenberg. I hope it won’t be my last. Something about the art world has always eluded me. I just haven’t gotten it. Tonight at Heist,...
Gender/bender…
Art. Social commentary. Personal discovery. How should these concepts interact? All three can comment on the others, so does one deserve precedence over the rest? As the web allows everyone (and their mother) publish self-probing diaries and social/political critiques...
Splendor at the 2010 American Antiques Show.
What makes a good collection? What is it that an antiques collector is trying to get his hands on and where does an antique dealer begin to look for the things that they deem valuable. These where the questions...
‘Quick while still,’ stars at pop up at Heist gallery.
In their continued efforts to be innovative and a progressive voice for down town artists (what else would we expect from Ms Talia Eisenberg and her crew over at Heist Gallery..?) Ms Eisenberg did the unexpected. She took us...
The downtown set hit Collective Hardware.
In the depths of the Bowery, between the shuttered down shops and chipped doorways to walk-ups, lies Collective Hardware, otherwise known as 169 Bowery.
Anticipation and fervor started to pump into the art space on Thursday evening as the gallery prepped...
William Powhida in A Tale of Three Covers
William Powhida, How the New Museum Committed Suicide with Banality, cover art, Brooklyn Rail, November 2009
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December 26, 2009. The Brooklyn Rail, founded in 1998, is a scrappy, independent cultural/political broadsheet that...
Isabella Rossellini and Babelgum Reward Edgy Filmmakers.
Amidst a crowd of hipsters, artists, and photographers, one could spot the lovely Isabella Rossellini, sporting a rather interesting smurf-like headpiece. Rossellini was the head judge for the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize, Jonathan Levine Gallery hosted the after...
Sam Bassett: Prince of the Art World.
After setting off the alarm while trying to access the rooftop of the renowned Hotel Chelsea, I knew I was in for an interesting evening. I didn’t know whether to check out the spectacular view, or run and...
Kid Sister and Hendershot Gallery take over the Delano Hotel.
Having events for events sake is Arts Basel's insidious allure. Self promotion is rampant-- whether it is ladies going out at night in as little clothing as possible advertising their availability, or galleries giving the proverbial middle finger to...
